Anthurium plant named ‘AN2863066’

ABSTRACT

A new  Anthurium  plant named ‘AN2863066’ particularly distinguished by having weakly blistered and weakly glossy, concave, light greenish-yellow with green venation, cordate and durable spathes that retain the original color for a very long period of time with dark green, deltoid, durable leaves, white spadices with yellow and green tips, early and rich flowering continuously throughout the year, and a plant height of 30.0 cm to 35.0 cm is disclosed.

Genus and species: Anthurium andraeanum L.

Variety denomination: ‘AN2863066’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Anthurium,botanically known as Anthurium andraeanum L., and hereinafter referredto by the variety name ‘AN2863066’. The new Anthurium plant is a productof a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor in Bleiswijk,the Netherlands. The objective of this breeding program was to create anew plant with a height of 30.0 cm to 35.0 cm having weakly blisteredand weakly glossy, concave, light greenish-yellow with green venation,cordate, and durable spathes.

The new variety originated from a cross-pollination made in September2010 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The female parent was a yellowAnthurium pot plant designated ‘ANTHLEPAM’ (unpatented), and the maleparent was a yellow Anthurium pot plant designated ‘7356-02’(unpatented).

A single plant was selected from the progeny of the stated cross inNovember 2012. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by tissue culturein 2015 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, has demonstrated that the newvariety reproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, asherein described, firmly fixed and retained through successivegenerations.

Community Plant Variety Rights for this variety have been applied for inthe European Union on Nov. 19, 2021 (Application no. 2021/2983), byApplicant who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly from theinventor. ‘AN2863066’ has not been made publicly available or soldanywhere in the world prior to the effective filing date of thisapplication with the exception of sales or disclosures made one year orless before the effective filing date of this claimed invention byApplicant who obtained ‘AN2863066’ directly from the inventor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishingcharacteristics of this new variety when grown under normalhorticultural practices in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands:

-   -   1) Weakly blistered and weakly glossy, concave, light        greenish-yellow with green venation, cordate spathes;    -   2) White spadices with yellow and green tips;    -   3) Green, deltoid leaves; and    -   4) Spathe angle of distal part to the peduncle is acute.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

This new Anthurium plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographswhich show the overall plant habit including blooms, buds, and foliageof the plant; the colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtainedby conventional photographic procedures. The photographs are of a28-week-old plant grown in a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands,in May 2022. Colors in the photographs may differ from the color valuescited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describethe actual colors of the new variety.

FIG. 1 shows the overall plant habit, including blooms, buds; andfoliage.

FIG. 2 shows a close-up of the mature spathe.

FIG. 3 shows a close-up of the upper leaf blade surface.

FIG. 4 shows the overall plant habit, including flower and leaf buds.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

The following detailed description sets forth the distinctivecharacteristics of ‘AN2863066’. The data which define thesecharacteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out inBleiswijk, the Netherlands. The plant history was taken on 28-week-oldplants which were planted from tissue culture in 7-centimeter (diameter)pots and grown in a glass greenhouse between 19° C. and 24° C.Observations were made in May 2022. Color readings were taken under 5000lux natural light in the greenhouse. Color references are primarily toThe R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London(R.H.S.) (2015).

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

-   Classification:    -   -   Family.—Araceae.        -   Botanical.—Anthurium andraeanum.        -   Common name.—Anthurium.        -   Denomination.—‘AN2863066’.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female parent.—Anthurium plant ‘ANTHLEPAM’ (unpatented).        -   Male parent.—Anthurium plant ‘7356-02’ (unpatented).-   Plant:    -   -   Propagation.—Tissue culture.        -   Root description.—Fleshy, light yellow-green (RHS 157C)            colored roots with small hairy lateral roots having            greenish-yellow (RHS 6A) colored root tips.        -   Time to produce a finished flowering plant.—26 to 30 weeks            after planting in a 7-cm (diameter) pot.        -   Growth habit.—Upright.        -   Height (measured from soil, including inflorescence).—30.0            cm to 35.0 cm.        -   Width (measured from leaf tips).—27.0 cm to 30.0 cm.-   Leaves:    -   -   Immature leaves.—Length: 8.0 cm to 10.0 cm. Width: 5.0 cm to            6.0 cm. Color: Upper surface: RHS 146A. Lower surface: RHS            146B. Texture (both upper and lower surfaces): Glossy,            leathery, and thin.        -   Mature leaves.—Length (fully expanded): 10.0 cm to 12.0 cm.            Width: 6.0 cm to 7.0 cm. Shape: Deltoid. Apex: Acuminate.            Base: Cordate. Leaf blade angle with the petiole: Between 90            degrees and 110 degrees. Leaf margin: Entire. Color: Upper            surface: RHS 147A. Lower surface: RHS 146B. Texture (upper            surface): Leathery and thick. Texture (lower surface):            Glossy, leathery, and thick. Venation: Pinnate veining; the            mid-vein and primary veins (the veins that radiate out from            the junction of petiole and leaf) protrude at the underside            of the leaf blade. Venation color: Upper surface: RHS 144B.            Lower surface: RHS 144C.        -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: Leaf blade has two lobes            extending past the petiole. The lobes are non-touching.            Length of lobes of mature leaf blades: 0.3 cm to 0.5 cm.            Width of lobes of mature leaf blades: 1.5 cm to 2.0 cm.            Distance from petiole/leaf junction to highest point on            lobes of mature leaf blades: 1.0 cm to 2.0 cm.        -   Petiole.—Cross-section: Round. Diameter: 0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.            Length: 9.0 cm to 12.0 cm for a mature leaf size. Color:            Mature leaf: RHS 144B. Immature leaf: RHS 144C. Cataphyll            color surrounding the petiole: Outside: RHS 144B. Inside:            Color in between RHS 144C and RHS 144D.        -   Geniculum.—Length: 1.0 cm to 1.5 cm. Width: 0.2 cm to            0.3 cm. Color: RHS 144A.-   Inflorescence:    -   -   Arrangement.—Single.        -   Flowering habit (length of flowering season).—Continuous.        -   Number of inflorescences per plant.—6 to 7.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.        -   Longevity of inflorescence on plant.—Over a year.        -   Inflorescences in relation to the foliage.—Inflorescences            are far above the foliage.-   Spathe:    -   -   Buds.—The spathe is tightly rolled around the spadix and            extrudes from the peduncle sheath. After the spathe is fully            opened the peduncle elongates some extra centimeters.        -   Arrangement.—Spathe angle with the peduncle is between 70            degrees and 90 degrees; the spathe stands on a wiry peduncle            about 4.0 cm to 7.0 cm above the foliage.        -   Shape.—Cordate.        -   Apex.—Abruptly acuminate.        -   Base.—Cordate.        -   Texture.—Weakly blistered and weakly glossy.        -   Margin.—Undulated.        -   Size.—Length: 6.5 cm to 7.5 cm. Width: 6.0 cm to 7.0 cm.        -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: The spathe has two lobes            extending past the peduncle. The lobes are non-touching.            Length: 0.5 cm to 0.8 cm. Width: 2.0 cm to 2.5 cm.        -   Color.—Just fully open: Upper surface: RHS 4C with green            (RHS N144C) venation; lobes are yellow-green (a color            between RHS 144A and RHS 144B). When the spathe becomes            older, spathe turns to be more green from lobes toward tip            (RHS 144A) with a touch of light greenish-yellow toward the            tip (RHS 4C). Immature spathe, when fully open, has the same            color as young, mature spathe. Lower surface: RHS 1C. This            light greenish-yellow color remains for a very long period,            at least more than 30 weeks after opening. The spathe turns            green after some weeks. When the lower surface of the mature            spathe becomes older, it turns to yellow-green from lobes            toward the tip (RHS 144B) with a touch of light            greenish-yellow toward the tip (RHS 1D).-   Peduncle:    -   -   Shape.—Erect.        -   Cross-section.—Round.        -   Length.—18.0 cm to 21.0 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.        -   Color.—RHS 144B.-   Flowering time:    -   -   General.—One small, rooted, untreated tissue culture plant            of 8.0 cm tall will flower, depending on the season, after            26 to 30 weeks and 5 to 6 blossoms appear. More blossoms            appear after some additional weeks so that a full flowering            and commercial plant will have 6 to 7 light greenish-yellow            spathes. Smaller blossoms may occur on immature plants.-   Spadix:    -   -   Size.—Length: 1.5 cm to 2.0 cm (depending on flower size).            Width (at apex): 0.3 cm to 0.4 cm. Width (at base): 0.4 cm            to 0.5 cm.        -   Shape.—Columnar.        -   Angle of spadix tip with peduncle.—160 degrees to 170            degrees.        -   Texture.—When the spathe is unfurling, the spadix is smooth.            When the spadix matures, small stigmata protrude. The            stigmata are evenly distributed around the spadix. The            spadix matures from base to top, slowly giving the spadix a            somewhat rough appearance.        -   Color.—Immature: RHS 13A with a greenish-yellow (RHS 151A)            tip. Mature: RHS 158C. Ages to: RHS 146B.-   Flowers:    -   -   Quantity per spadix.—50 to 70.        -   Spadix flower arrangement.—Bisexual, rounded in            cross-section.        -   Shape.—Rounded.        -   Size.—Length: 0.05 cm to 0.10 cm. Diameter (maximum): 0.10            cm.        -   Color.—RHS 158C.-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Stamens.—Not visible.        -   Pollen amount.—Absent.        -   Pistil.—Quantity: 50 to 70. Length: Less than 0.01 cm.            Color: RHS 158C.        -   Style.—Not observed to date.        -   Stigma.—Shape: Ovoid. Diameter: Less than 0.01 cm. Color:            RHS 158C.        -   Ovary.—Rarely visible.        -   Ovary color.—Not measured.-   Fruit and seed set: None observed to date.-   Disease and pest resistance: No specific resistance or    susceptibility observed to pathogens or pests common to Anthurium    under commercial conditions to date.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL AND SIMILAR COMMERCIAL VARIETIES

‘AN2863066’ differs from the female parent plant ‘ANTHLEPAM’(unpatented) in that ‘AN2863066’ has cordate spathes, spathe angle ofdistal part to the peduncle is acute, and deltoid leaves, whereas‘ANTHLEPAM’ has orbicular-cordate spathes, spathe angle of distal partto the peduncle is straight, and elliptical-cordate leaves.

The male parent plant of ‘AN2863066’, cultivar ‘7356-02’ (unpatented),is no longer in existence. A meaningful comparison cannot be made withthe male parent plant.

‘AN2863066’ differs from the similar commercial variety ‘ANTHESZJA’(U.S. Plant Pat. No. 29,713) in that ‘AN2863066’ has lightgreenish-yellow, cordate spathes and deltoid leaves, whereas ‘ANTHESZJA’has white, ovate spathes and long ovate leaves.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Anthurium plant named‘AN2863066’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.